Use of Information Technology in cash transaction of listed companies for payment of dividends

General Circular No. 5 /2002

No.5/9/99-CL.V

Government Of India

Ministry Of Law, Justice & Company Affairs

Department Of Company Affairs

5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan,

New Delhi – 110 001.

Dated 1st March, 2002

To

All Chambers of Commerce & Industry

(As per standard list)

Subject:- Use of Information Technology in cash transaction of listed companies for payment of dividends.

Sir,

In continuation of this Department’s General Circular No.5/99 dated 13.5.1999 on the above cited subject, I am directed to say that Reserve Bank of India has sent us the following list of Centres where Electronic Clearing Service (Credit Clearing) is available at present with Reserve Bank of India and State Bank of India:-

Reserve Bank of India

1. Ahmedabad

6. Chennai

11. Mumbai

2. Bangalore

7. Guwahati

12. Nagpur

3. Bhubaneswar

8. Hyderabad

13. New Delhi

4. Kolkata

9. Jaipur

14. Patna

5. Chandigarh

10. Kanpur

15. Thiruvanathapuram

State Bank of India

1. Agra

11. Ghaziabad

21. Pune

2. Allahabad

12. Hubli

22. Rajkot

3. Amritsar

13. Jamshedpur

23. Shimla

4. Baroda

14. Kolhapur

24. Siliguri

5. Bhopal

15. Lucknow

25. Surat

6. Cochin

16. Ludhiana

26. Trichy

7. Coimbatore

17. Madurai

27. Trichur

8. Dehradun

18. Mangalore

28. Vijayawada

9. Durgapur

19. Nashik

29. Visakapatnam

10. Faridabad

20. Panaji

30. Varanasi

2. You are, therefore, requested that the above list of Centres where Electronic Clearing Service (Credit Clearing) is available may be brought to the notice of your constituent listed companies to encourage their shareholders to send them authorisation to remit dividend to their designated bank accounts by means of electronic transfer as this will result in avoiding delay in remittance of dividends etc.

3. An immediate action in this regard may please be initiated by you in the interest of investors.